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Author:: Shin, Bong Gun
Title:: PREDICTION OF SAND PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES AND SAND EROSION DAMAGE ON HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Particle Trajectory
Sand Erosion
Helicopter rotor blade
File:: Download Dissertation_BongGun_Aerospace_Engineering_May_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

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Author:: Sahani, Nilesh A.
Title:: Envelope Protection Systems for Piloted and Unmanned Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Envelope protection
Limit avoidance
Rotorcraft
Pilot cueing
Adaptive control
Integrator windup
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member

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Author:: Bae, Eui Sung
Title:: The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Performnce Improvement
vibration Reduction
Gurney flap
MiTEs
microflap
vibration
power
File:: Download ESBae_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Hennes, Christopher Conrad
Title:: Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Computational Fluid Dynamics
File:: Download HennesThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

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Author:: Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha
Title:: In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Redundant Controls
Optimization
Compound Helicopter
Flight Dynamics and Control
Performance
File:: Download Ozdemir_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Special Member

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Author:: Reich, David B
Title:: Experimental Investigation of A Helicopter Rotor Hub Flow
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Rotor Hub
Hub Drag
Rotor Hub Drag
Rotorcraft Aerodynamics
Rotorcraft Aeromechanics
Unsteady Aerodynamics
File:: Download Reich-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Outside Member

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Author:: Yang, Junfeng
Title:: Autonomous Control Modes and Optimized Path Guidance for Shipboard Landing in High Sea States
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Flight Simulation
Flight Control
Guidance and navigation
Autonomous System
Shipboard Landing
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_final__-_Junfeng_Yang.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Jack W. Langelaan, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member

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Author:: Santos Thedin, Regis
Title:: An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Ship Airwakes
Flight Dynamics
Rotorcraft
File:: Download thedin2019phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Berger, Tom
Title:: Handling Qualities Requirements and Control Design for High-Speed Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Handling Qualities
Flight Control System
Control Laws
Tiltrotor
Compound Helicopter
File:: Download TomBerger-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Mark B. Tischler, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Botre, Mrunali
Title:: Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation
File:: Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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